Porterville

Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Cabel and Nicole’s House
In attendance:
Mike Merrill
Josh Berezin (paying)
Jessica Roberts
Willow McCormick
Alison Halter
Cabel Sasser
Nicole Buswell

25/1000: OK Beer Okocim Full Pale Piwo Jasne Pelne of Poland

CS: Should we get coasters? Nah, we don’t need them. Ah, why not?!
JB: That beer smells bad! We kind of knew this would be bad. Oh, but it tastes way better than it smells. Simple and sweet.
CS: I think it smells good!
JB: It was skunky-smelling when you opened it.
JR: This is definitely a cheap European beer.
NB: Oh my gosh, it’s good! It’s flowery. It tastes like flowers. It’s perfumey.
JB: Maybe we’re drinking crazy beers in our quest to have 1000, but I’m not getting a lot of taste off it.
JR: It’s watery.
NB: I don’t like a hoppy beer.
JB: What do you think, Willow?
WM: Last time I read my comments, I sounded stupid. I’m not participating in the comment section today. [To Jessica:] Stop pushing those tato skins at me!
JR: I would never drink this beer again.
JB: I like the packaging, and I like the taste of it. I would drink it here at Cabel and Nicole’s.
26/1000: Dick’s Lava Rock Porter of Centralia, WA

JB: Now we begin the porter tasting segment of our evening. We have four porters.
CS: That is terrible packaging. “Dick’s!”
JR: The dull gray…
CS: Was this printed on a laserjet?
JB: This is a weird-tasting beer.
JR: It’s sharp and tangy. It doesn’t have that mellow, round, dark flavor of porters.
CS: I got some smoke, there.
JB: Tangy is definitely the word!
MM: It tastes like there’s dirt in it.
JR: Am I allowed to dislike two beers in a row?
MM: I don’t like this at all. It’s really dirty!
JB: I was trying to like it even though it didn’t taste like a porter — to try to like it in a different context. But I couldn’t do it. I’m going to keep trying. [Everyone pours their dregs into Josh’s glass.]
JR: Chug a dirt! Chug a dirt! Chug a dirt!
27/1000: Planet Porter, by Boulder Beer of Boulder, CO

MM: Colorado’s first microbrewery!
WM: What’s that called?
MM: Boulder Beer…
JR: Okay, this tastes like a porter.
WM: It’s chocolatey.
NB: I don’t like this kind of beer.
CS: You don’t like a dark beer.
NB: I’m racist.
JR: This is no Black Butte Porter, but it’s along the same lines. It’s not as harmonious.
MM: It’s more watery.
JB: It’s got a nice chewiness. And it’s sticking to my mouth. I mean, this is not likely to be my go-to beer.
MM: For people in Colorado, this is going to be fine.
28/1000: Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter of Denver, CO

JB: That is an aggro label. What’s he saying, “OK, let’s party?” But he’s a skeleton or something.
MM: It’s got a Hunter S Thompson quote on it.
CS: Whoa, fruit-town! That’s not just me, right? Is there supposed to be fruit up in there?
JB: In the aftertaste, I really get that.
NB: It’s raisiny. Pruney. I like the flavors, but the bitterness goes too far.
MM: This is the best one we’ve had so far.
JB: I think it’s too sweet. Well, it doesn’t finish sweet, but it starts sweet.
JR: I get a harsh chemical impression from it.
MM: Does it have a high alcohol content? This label is so schizophrenic, I can’t figure it out.
JB: This beer is more of an adventure than the others.
29/1000: Anchor Porter of San Francisco, CA

MM: I think this is going to be our favorite. They make beers designed for people to like, and to not be weird.
JB: Yeah, it’s chalky and smooth and not too sweet.
NB: It smells like a chocolate coffee candy.
JR: We ended with the right one.
CS: That is tasty.
NB: It’s not bitter in the back of your mouth.
CS: Nicole is our bitter expert.
Just 971 to go!